1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
index d833d55052ea..c7497009d60a 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static struct iio_channel *of_iio_channel_get_by_name(struct device_node *np,
                 else if (name && index >= 0) {
                         pr_err("ERROR: could not get IIO channel %s:%s(%i)\n",
                                 np->full_name, name ? name : "", index);
-                        return chan;
+                        return NULL;
                 }
 
                 /*
@@ -193,8 +193,9 @@ static struct iio_channel *of_iio_channel_get_by_name(struct device_node *np,
                  */
                 np = np->parent;
                 if (np && !of_get_property(np, "io-channel-ranges", NULL))
-                        break;
+                        return NULL;
         }
+
         return chan;
 }
 
@@ -317,6 +318,7 @@ struct iio_channel *iio_channel_get(struct device *dev,
                 if (channel != NULL)
                         return channel;
         }
+
         return iio_channel_get_sys(name, channel_name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_channel_get);